Button-clasp.



O. E. SPOTT.

vBUTTON CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1912.

. 1 9 979 Patented Mar.31,1914. 9 7 v COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH COQWASHINGTON,n. c.

ill STTEd ATENT QFFKG OSCAR E. SPOTT, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

BUTTON-CLASP.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Oscar E. Srorr, a citizenof the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico andState of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements inButton-Clasps, of which the following is aspecification.

An object of the invention is to provide a button clasp, particularlyadaptable for securing a button in the lapel of a coat.

The invention embodies, among other features, a clasp particularly usedin connection with artistically designed buttons of fraternal orders,organizations and the like, and which is secured to the lapel of a coatby passing a portion of the button clasp through the button-hole of thelapel and securing the same in position so that the artistic front ofthe button will be prominently displayed, the said button clasp beingadapted to act as a support or securing means for a watch chain or thelike.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, inwhich -'1nilar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device showing the same applied tothe lapel of a coat, the lapel being shown in vertical section; Fig. 2is a rear elevation of the button clasp; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview taken on the line 38 in Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, I provide a button 10,preferably of a concave shape, the outer face 11 of the button beingpreferably artistically designed or provided with a suitableconfiguration. Soldered or otherwise secured to the rear face 12 of thebutton 10 is a plate 13 having formed therewith and extending laterallyrearward therefrom a bearing member 14 on which is mounted to swing aclamping member 15, the said clamping member being preferably triangularin shape and adapted to engage the free end of a pin 16 extendedrearwardly from the upper end of the plate 13 and provided on the outerend thereof with a notch 17 in which the clamping member 15 is received,a suitable eye 18 being formed on the under side of the bearing member14 to receive and sup- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

1912. Serial No. 692,027.

is preferably made flat and elongated to properly extend through theusual Huttonhole 20 in a lapel 21, the pin 16 being passed through thecloth of the lapel, after which the clamping member 15 is swung upwardlyto engage the pin 16, the upper portion of the clamping member beingreceived in the notch 17, thus securing the button clasp to the lapel ofthe coat, the chain 19 being connected to the eye 18 to depend from therear of the lapel so that the lower end of the chain can be received inthe pocket of the coat that is usually formed adjacent the lefthandlapel of the coat.

By making the bearing member 14 of an elongated nature as mentionedheretofore the bearing member, when passed through the button-hole, willprevent the button from turning and together with the pin 16 will retainthe button in upright position and it will be readily understood thatwhen the device described has been attached to a coat as mentioned, theouter face 11 having an artistic configuration thereon will beprominently displayed, while the securing means of the but-ton will beinvisible to the casual observer.

With a device of the kind described a button can be easily and quicklysecured in position, and aside from being prevented from rotationrelatively to the lapel of the coat, the particular construction of themember having the clamping member mounted thereon, will not distort orinjure the button-hole of the lapel, this being the usual case with theordinary swivel button that is now most generally used. It will befurther noted that the various parts including the securing means of thebutton are permanently mounted upon the button proper, whereas in theswivel button a plurality of independent parts are employed and when oneof the parts becomes lost it is impossible to properly mount the otherpart on the lapel of the coat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a device of the class described comprising a button, means forpreventing the loss of said button, said means including a plate ofrectangular configuration, a bearing member projecting laterally fromthe rear face of the plate and transversely of said port a chain 19. Thebearing member 14 button, a triangular-1y shaped clamping member havingan equal number of sides and having one of said sides mounted in thebearing member for swinging movement, a pin carried by the plate andadapted to be engaged by the triangular member at the point of junctureof the other of said sides, and an eye formed integrally With thebearing member at its medial portion and port a chain.

Witnesses Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Washington, D. C.

depending therefrom to be engaged and sup- In testimony whereof I afliXmy signature 1n presence of tWo wltnesses.

OSCAR E. SPOTT.

H. W. STEIN,

Commissioner of Patents,

